Leviticus 18:3

KJV

After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

— Leviticus 18:3, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Leviticus Chapter 18 connects to 10 cross-references. Prohibited sexual relations are enumerated, framed by warnings not to follow the practices of Egypt or Canaan: intercourse is forbidden between parent and child, sibling, step-sibling, grandchild, aunt, uncle's wife, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, a woman and her daughter or granddaughter, two …

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Other Translations

ASV

After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their statutes.

YLT

according to the work of the land of Egypt in which ye have dwelt ye do not, and according to the work of the land of Canaan whither I am bringing you in, ye do not, and in their statutes ye walk not.

BBE

You may not do those things which were done in the land of Egypt where you were living; and you may not do those things which are done in the land of Canaan where I am taking you, or be guided in your behaviour by their rules.

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